Railroad crossing



Nov. 23 1926.

Y 1,608,330 B. J. MCDONALD RAILROAD CROSSING l Filed August '7, 1925 Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

BERNARD JQSEPH MCDONALD, OF PALMYRA, NEBRASKA.

RALRAD CROSSING.

Application filed August 7, 1925.

This invention relates to iniprovenients in railroad crossings and its inain object is to provide a. device wherein traffic is forced to a slow rate of speed or to coine to a dead stop before crossing the railroad tracks.

Another object is to provide a device which can be readily set up at very little expense and serve its purpose in an etiicient manner.

These and other objects will be apparent in the accompanying drawing and specification.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a plan view of the device designed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the device.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the device.

In carrying out this invention I locate on each side of the highway l a series ofvaligned posts 5, the said posts 5 being spaced on each side of the railroad track 2 in such a nianner as to pei-init traffic to go in either direction in between thein. Cable fences l are secured to the posts 8, and to the posts 5 which are located at the sides of the highway l. Fences 6 are provided for the purpose of separating tratiic and preventingl oppositely traveling trafiic to go into each others path; these said 'fences are spaced equally between the cable fences i and are of such a length as to cover the center of the highway for about one- Serial No. 48,807.

fourth of its total width. It will be seen that a.y inachine approaching the railroad crossing 2 will be forced to slow down or to practical-ly stop in order to pass between the fences if and 6.

While I have herein described a certain specific method of constructing and assenibling the elements of iny invention it is understood that the saine may be varied in niinor details not departing frein the spirit 4o of iny invention as defined in the appended claiin.

It is obvious that if a` inachine approach ing one of the fences should not be slowed down or caused to pass around the fence, the inherent flexibility of the cable fence will be such as to bring the said machine to a stop witl out such a severe iinpact as would be the case in devices using rigid fences.

I claiin:

In ay railroad crossing in combination with a publie highway, the combination with posts located in said highway on each side of the center, and posts located on each side of said highway, of cable fences secured to said posts and spaced in such a manner as to force traffic to travel at a vlow rate of speed when crossing the saidrailroad tracks.

In testiinonA whereof I aflix iny signature.

BERNA. 1D JOSEPH MCDONALD.- 

